Welcome to Blackpast

BlackPast - African American and Global African History

Welcome to BlackPast

This 6,000 page reference center is dedicated to providing information to the general public on African American history and the history of more than one billion people of African ancestry around the world.  We invite you to explore and use all the resources of BlackPast.

Explore African American History

Ernest Anderson
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Ernest Anderson (1916-2011)
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Edward Brooke III (1919-2015)
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Fay Jackson (1902-1988)
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Arthur D Shores (1903-1996)

Explore Global African History

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Pernell-Karl Sylvester “P.K.” Subban (1989- )
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Joseph de Bolonge/Le Chevalier de Saint-Georges (1745-1799)
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José Prudencio Padilla Lopez (1784-1828)
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Henri Christophe (1767-1820)

Perspectives in African American and Global African History

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The Blood of Entertainers: The Life and Times of Jimi Hendrix’s Paternal Grandparents
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The Washingtons of Wessyngton Plantation: One Tennessee Community’s Odyssey from Slavery to Freedom
African in Golconda, India, 17th century
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Islam and the African Diaspora in the Indian Ocean World
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The San Fernando Valley’s Multiethnic Past: Unexpected Communities of Color in “America’s Suburb”

Special Features & Resources

101 African American Firsts
Genealogy Resources
Major African American Office Holders since 1641
STEM Innovators